Exelon Recognized for Sustainability Leadership in Newsweek’s 2017 Green Rankings
December 12 2017 - 1:26PM
Business Wire
Company ranked third among utilities, 12th best in U.S. and 24th
best overall among the 500 largest publicly traded U.S. and Global
companies; ninth consecutive year on the list.
Exelon Corporation was recognized for its excellence in
corporate sustainability and environmental performance, coming in
12th place on Newsweek Magazine’s annual Green Rankings.
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This year, Exelon moved up 26 positions in the U.S. and jumped
up 48 positions to 24th in the global rankings as part of Newsweek
Magazine’s annual assessment of sustainability practices at the top
500 global publicly traded companies.
“We have a longstanding commitment to operating our business in
an environmentally responsible way, and we recognize that providing
clean energy is important to our customers,” said Chris Gould,
senior vice president and chief sustainability officer for Exelon.
“This recognition by Newsweek validates our approach and leadership
in sustainability, and we’ll continue to make great progress in the
years ahead.”
Newsweek’s Green Rankings evaluate the world's largest companies
by market capitalization and rate them based on a variety of
corporate sustainability and environmental impact factors, such as
energy, greenhouse gas emissions, water and waste productivity;
company reputation and board-level oversight. They are the result
of comprehensive analysis by Newsweek, Corporate Knights Capital
and an advisory board of representatives of nongovernmental,
academic and accounting organizations.
The U.S. report consists of 500 of the largest publicly traded
companies headquartered in the U.S. by revenue, and the Global 500
is an assessment of sustainability performance of the 500 largest
publicly traded companies in the world as of Dec. 31, 2016.
Exelon, the nation’s largest producer of emissions-free energy,
has a recognized track record of leadership in environmental
performance, sustainability and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The company continues to lead, by providing its customers with
tools and resources to reduce their carbon footprint, a strategy
that saved enough electricity last year to power more than 1.5
million homes for one year.
Earlier this year, Exelon was also named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability North America Index for the 12th consecutive year
and five of Exelon’s utilities were named to EPA’s Energy STAR
Partner of the Year in 2016 for leadership in energy efficiency
programs. In December of this year, the Chicago Area Clean
Cities Coalition announced that ComEd was one of its Green
Fleet Leadership Award winners for 2017, recognizing companies
and government agencies leading in the adoption of alternative
fuels and clean-vehicle technologies for their fleets.
Learn more about Exelon's environmental strategy and performance
by visiting exeloncorp.com.
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is a Fortune 100 energy company
with the largest number of utility customers in the U.S. Exelon
does business in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada and
had 2016 revenue of $31.4 billion. Exelon’s six utilities deliver
electricity and natural gas to approximately 10 million customers
in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania through its Atlantic City Electric, BGE,
ComEd, Delmarva Power, PECO and Pepco subsidiaries. Exelon is one
of the largest competitive U.S. power generators, with more than
35,500 megawatts of nuclear, gas, wind, solar and hydroelectric
generating capacity comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and
lowest-cost power generation fleets. The company’s Constellation
business unit provides energy products and services to
approximately 2.2 million residential, public sector and business
customers, including more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100.
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